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The table shows that the Rambouillet cross was the 

 largest and the Cotswold the smallest dresser. 



With the 1910 lots the packers quote the Hampshires 

 and the Rambouillets lambs the "best dead" of the six lots. 



The general criticism before slaughter was that the 

 Cotswold were too leggy and too heavy, the Hampshires 

 and Oxfords too heavy, the Kambouillet not smooth enough 

 but the Southdowns and the Shropshires, with a few ex- 

 ceptions, meeting the demand of the market. 



Totals for Six Years 



From the above table it will be seen that the Cotswold 

 lambs made the largest gain per head daily, required the 

 least quantity of grain and produced a fleece that brought 

 twenty-six cents more per head than any other breed. Of 

 the Down breeds the Hampshire, Shropshire and the Ox- 

 ford were about equal in value of fleece per head, but the 

 Hampshires and Shropshires required 44 hundredths and 

 32 hundredths more grain for a pound of gain than did the 

 Oxfords. 



